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United States Patent | 5,752,149 |
Yuza ,   et al. | May 12, 1998 |
An image heating apparatus includes a heater; an endless film loosely trained around the heater; a pressing roller cooperative with the heater to form a nip with the film interposed between the pressing roller and the heater; a driver for driving the pressing roller; a guiding member for guiding an inside surface of the film, and extended along the pressing roller; wherein the guiding member has, at an end portion, a film guiding surface which is inclined relative to an axis of the pressing roller.
Inventors: | Yuza; Akira (Yokohama, JP); Adachi; Nobukazu (Yokohama, JP); Kuroda; Akira (Yokohama, JP); Sugita; Takeshi (Yokohama, JP) |
Assignee: | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 630271 |
Filed: | April 10, 1996 |
Jun 16, 1992[JP] | 4-156755 |
Current U.S. Class: | 399/329 |
Intern'l Class: | G03G 015/20 |
Field of Search: | 355/282,285,289,290 219/216,469 198/806,840 474/109,119,122,123,140 399/329 |
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